St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-01

the folding macine and distributed
| among the assistants and helpers. The
papers are addressed to the subscribers
with an ingenious little device called a
mailing machine. The stamping of the
name on the paper is done in the twink
ling Of an eye. A narrow slip of paper
runs through this machine, on which the
names of the subscribers are printed
tlB list being corrected, daily--and at
the end of the names at each Office the
name of the pOstoffice is printed in
bolder letters. From this slip the
mailing clerk, with single mo-
he holds the machine cuts off
one of the names and stamps
it upon the blank space over the
heading of the paper on the first
page "a large stack Of papers
being piled up. before him on
a table. The slip OH which the names
are printed runs over a surface of
ribbon, on which there is layer of
paste. This makes the address adhere
t0the paper when it is stamped. The
clerk stamps the names at very rapid
pace until he reaches the heavier letters
designating the name of postoffiee.
Then he knows that hehas addressed
papers to all the subscribers in that
town. So he stamps the name of the
pOStoffice upon a cut wrapper lying
in easy reach of his hand and lays it
upon the list of addressed papers and
goes ahead on another list. This signi-
fies that the bundle is ready for wrap
ping. Other clerks lay on a table mum
bers of wrappers, SO arranged that an
inch of space on the edges is exposed,
and with a deXterous stroke of the
brush paste the entire lot. When the
bundle of papers is rolled in this wrap
per it is already addressed. These mail
packages are
MADE UP IN VARIOUS SIZES
from one copy for the single subscriber
to the large orders for mail agents and
the large bundles where there are num-
bers of subscribers at the same post
office. An address on wrapper to a
pOstOf1ice where there is only single
subscriber would look like this:
w Fitzgerald l7may7
Medicine Hat N w Ter
The figures indicate that the subscrip-
ton expires on May II, 1887. Packages
for the mails which go out early are
| first placed in large bags and transferred
to the postoffice. Then the large Min
neapOliS and Saltwater edition is started
out by conveyance. Minneapolis is
II miles away and Saltwater IS, and the
| people there have to read their GLOBES
| at breakfast. There are no early trains,
and the papers reach these two places
earlier by this method of overland"
conveyance.
The Minneapolis and Saltwater ''over-
| land lines" are in charge of Leonard
Ludwig, who is faithful and reliable.
He never misses trip even during the
most inclement weather. He covers the
| distance in remarkably short period,
and is always on time. After these
urgent demands have been supplied the
carriers : for" the city delivery are
| looked after, and then the packages for
the later mails are made up and the
newSboyS given a chance. In a large
proportion of the interior towns the
GLOBES patrons are supplied through
| the local ewSdealerS-regular sub
ScriberS as we'll as those who prefer to
purchase by the single copy. These
dealers have certain number sent them
daily, changing their orders from time
to time by mail or telegraph. These
are sent by mail or representative
is the most eXpediti0us-and are not adj
dressed. The dealer keeps his own lists
and simply orders a certain number of
copies. a goOdly portion of the GLOBES
circulation is handled in this way. The
work in the mailing room has to be done
very rapidly and methodically, and the
system has been so thoroughly perfected
that the papers are printed, folded, adj
dressed, wrapped, rc-addresSed and on
the way to the poStotfice within a very
few minutes after the long roll of snowy
white paper begins passing through the
presses. The GLOBE mailing room is
superintendent by c. ii. Slocum.